torso

noun
🔊/ˈtɔːsəʊ/
🔊/ˈtɔːrsəʊ/
(plural torsos)
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  1. the main part of the body, not including the head, arms or legs(身体的)躯干 synonym trunk
    • He took off his T-shirt to reveal his tanned torso.他脱下 T 恤衫露出晒得黝黑的上身。
    • The headless torso of a man was found in some bushes.在灌木丛中发现了一具无头男尸。
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bare
    • naked
    • tanned
    verb + torso
    • reveal
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  2. a statue of a torso躯干雕像
    • The museum has a Roman torso in the entrance hall.博物馆的入口大厅有一个罗马躯干。
  3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘stalk, stump’, from Latin thyrsus, from Greek thursos ‘plant stalk’.